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The Thousand Sound TS842 hybrid dynamic/BA custom IEM is here and burning in. 3-way design wit a dual BA (not a TWFK) and a dynamic driver in a vented shell. Workmanship of the shell is excellent and comes with a cable with UE compatible pins. Pictures below (click to see them full sized).
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Wow. Are you going to hear the merlin and do a comparison?
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Nice! Again the vent in the shell is turn off for me.
BTW I see only one armature. It seems like knowles ED driver
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Maybe.
Is the ED a dual BA? There are 3 terminals on the BA with 2 wires going to it, so my guess is that there is an internal crossover. It doesn't look like the ED drivers I have seen pictures of and there are no part numbers on it.
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No it's not, is single.
Driver in the picture says Knowles 29689. Only ED driver has this numbering. On the side note this one can also be found in Ety ER4
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Yep, you are correct, I didn't have a lot of time to check them out this past weekend (and my wife forgot to let me know they arrived until Sunday night!). I was going by the description on the Thousand Sound post here, which the 2 represents the second point, not 2 BAs. Anyways, the ER4P is highly regarded so ER4P with a dynamic low end could be a winner! Of course I will have to give it some time and compare with my other customs over the next several weeks.
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Correct me If I'm wrong Gui Ling custom headset makes remolds for about $100
while their custom shells' quality seems not wors then UM's, they can be strong competitor here.
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Beat Audio with 14mm DD http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9807368894&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=
more here: http://www.wxid.cn/index.html
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More photos added in above post. Updates:
- JH16 might be finished this week; Adam is making sure the sound before is the same as the sound after the reshell
- SA-43 is being made! I plan on doing a shootout between the SA-43, EM3 Pro, LS8, JH16 reshell, and 5-way (and possibly one more)
- SA-12 canal custom will also be shipped from Starkey! This should be smaller than the Fabs and fit in the canal, being pretty covert!
- Mi-3 work should start soon
- DRM Earz 4X should arrive next week. I plan on doing a shootout between the Mi-3, 4X, Kozee X3, TS842, and Fabs
- I updated some sound signature information in the first post of this thread.
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you should really try out a compact monitors stage 2.
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Thanks Joe. :)
this tread is only getting better :)
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you will have a review of all of them :P
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More photos added in above post. Updates:
- JH16 might be finished this week; Adam is making sure the sound before is the same as the sound after the reshell
- SA-43 is being made! I plan on doing a shootout between the SA-43, EM3 Pro, LS8, JH16 reshell, and 5-way (and possibly one more)
- SA-12 canal custom will also be shipped from Starkey! This should be smaller than the Fabs and fit in the canal, being pretty covert!
- Mi-3 work should start soon
- DRM Earz 4X should arrive next week. I plan on doing a shootout between the Mi-3, 4X, Kozee X3, TS842, and Fabs
- I updated some sound signature information in the first post of this thread.
Do you even sleep? 
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Maybe some day. I wouldn't mind reading up more on these if you have links.
Thanks! I still have some waiting on several of the contestants and plan on writing some individual reviews before the shootout, but it is coming!
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